LTspice tutorial - Worst Case, Monte Carlo and Gaussian statistical circuit analysis

#ltspice In this tutorial video I analyze various ways to simulate the variation of the characteristic values of your components caused by their tolerance. I look at simple implementations and at complicated ones using the LTspice simulator. Depending on your use-case one or the other might be best. The main techniques I look at are Worst Case analysis, Monte Carlo and Gaussian statistical circuit analysis.

Late Credits update: The page written by Analog about worst case was based on an older blog post: http://k6jca.blogspot.com/2012/07/monte-carlo-and-worst-case-circuit.html The WorstCase simulation techniques and function where originally developed there and is discussed in more detail both in the article and the comments section.

Other usefull links: https://www.analog.com/en/technical-articles/ltspice-worst-case-circuit-analysis-with-minimal-simulations-runs.html https://www.vishay.com/docs/29170/ltspice.pdf

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